Wednesday, April 10, 2024

NHL 2023-24 - Day 175

There's just three games on this Wednesday. First up...

The St. Louis Blues host the Chicago Blackhawks. Petr Mrazek and Joel Hofer man the nets. St. Louis began in the first period with a Jordan Kyrou goal, his twenty-eighth of the season, via Nick Leddy and the goalie Hofer. The Blues added on with a Kyrou goal, his second of the game and twenty-ninth of the year, courtesy of Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich. St. Louis extended the lead as Torey Krug scored his fourth of the season, thanks to Matthew Kessel and Nikita Alexandrov. Arvid Soderblom replaced Mrazek in goal. The Blues padded the lead on a Zack Bolduc goal, his fourth of the year, made possible by Robert Thomas and Brayden Schenn. Chicago got on the board in the second period with a Philipp Kurashev goal, his seventeenth of the season, guided in by Kevin Korchinski. St. Louis replied with a Thomas goal in the third period, his twenty-fifth of the year, fueled by Schenn and Bolduc. The Blackhawks answered with a Landon Slaggert goal, coming off of Ryan Donato and MacKenzie Entwistle. This only made it 5-2, the final, with the three stars given to Kyrou, Thomas, and Bolduc, while Schenn gets an honorable mention.

Over in Edmonton, the Oilers welcome the Vegas Golden Knights. Adin Hill and Stuart Skinner protect the nets. Edmonton led off in the first period with a Cody Ceci goal, his fourth of the season, via Ryan McLeod and Darnell Nurse. The Oilers added on with a Mattias Ekholm goal, his eleventh of the year, passed from McLeod and Corey Perry in the second period. Edmonton extended the lead as Zach Hyman scored his fifty-third of the season, thanks to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Leon Draisaitl. The Oilers padded the lead on a Draisaitl power play goal in the third period, his forty-first of the year, powered by Nugent-Hopkins and Hyman. Vegas got on the board with a Keegan Kolesar shorthanded goal, his seventh of the season, set up by Noah Hanifin and William Karlsson. Edmonton answered with a Dylan Holloway goal, his fourth of the year, going in unassisted. The final stood at 5-1, with the three stars going to Hyman, Draisaitl, and McLeod, while Nugent-Hopkins gets an honorable mention.

Finally, the Vancouver Canucks bring in the Arizona Coyotes. Connor Ingram and Arturs Silovs are the inexperienced goalies. Arizona got going in the second period with a Josh Brown goal, his third of the season, coming off of Dylan Guenther and Vladislav Kolyachonok. Vancouver tied it on a J.T. Miller goal, his thirty-sixth of the year, via Tyler Myers and Quinn Hughes. The Coyotes pulled ahead again with a Kolyachonok goal, courtesy of Lawson Crouse and Guenther. Arizona added on in the third period with a Guenther goal, his fifteenth of the season, assisted by Logan Cooley. The Canucks got one back with a Conor Garland goal, his nineteenth of the year, guided in by Nils Hoglander and Hughes. Vancouver tied it on an Elias Pettersson power play goal, his thirty-fourth of the season, powered by Hughes. The Coyotes won 4-3 in overtime with a Cooley goal, his nineteenth of the year, with helpers from Guenther and Sean Durzi. The three stars were Guenther, Cooley, and Kolyachonok, while Hughes gets an honorable mention. 

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